travel Archive

A Family Mini Break During the half term holidays, we took a trip to Dublin for a few days. I’m not big on flying, but I have a great love of boats, so we chose to travel by ferry with Stena Line. …

I’m pleased to announce that Check Out That View, my travel photo linky, is now back after an unscheduled break! Unfortunately, due to personal reasons (which you can read more about on my family lifestyle blog), I had to take a break from this …

In 2009, my oldest daughter Bunny and I went on a little four day road trip exploring France. We caught the ferry to St Malo and travelled to Rennes, Nantes, Poitiers (and the Futuroscope) and finally down to La Rochelle. My highlights …

One of the places we’ve been to recently is the beautiful, picturesque Cotswold village of Bourton-On-The-Water. It’s a lovely place to go for picnics, walks by the stream, traditional giftshops, old fashioned tearooms and local ice-cream. We’ve had a few days out …

Last week, I talked about how completing art sculpture trails has shown us some true beauty spots in the most unexpected of places. I shared a colourful harbourside photo from the English City of Bristol. This week I thought it fitting to share …

  We recently took our toddler twins on their first ever camping trip. We took them to the Camping and Caravanning Club in Dartmouth. It doesn’t seem long ago that my 8 year old was a toddler and I took her camping …

  Since becoming a family of five, we had never been camping and felt that it was about time we braved it. Camping is such a thrifty way of travelling. Most campsites in the UK charge between £5-£20 per night, which is very good …

  Royal Son Bou Family Club has two restaurants. La Basilica, which has a gorgeous sea view and Los Olivos, which has it’s own kindergarten called “Magikland”. Both restaurants have a relaxed informal atmosphere, buffet style meals, with drinks served to the table and …

Travel insurance has been a bone of contention for me for many years. I had Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia as a child and Papillary Thyroid Cancer just two years ago. This is amongst many other illnesses I’ve experienced over the years, some serious. …

  Flights are often the most expensive part of a holiday. I wanted to collect Avios points, to see if we could get some cheap flights for our family holiday this year. I had never done this before as I had always …